Ice-tongs.



G. P, YEAKLE. ICE TONGS.

APPLICATION run we. s, 1908.

Patented May 18 1909 ice tongs,

.nertion becomes loose.

(HM Rt ii i. Y 1'l,\ K Ii), 01 NOR RIS'XUWN. IEINNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNUR 0i" ONF liALF TO CHARLES KELLER, ()l NOJHUHHHYN, PEN NSYLVANIA ICE -TONGS.

Be it known that i, (ii-toner; i Ynuuin, :1 citizen or" the i'nited Shit/J8, residing at Norristown, in the county of Montgomery and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful improvenn-nts in iceiongs, ol' \vlrirh the l'oiiou'ingis a speriiien tion.

My invention reintes to an improvement in and the obiert is to provide means whereby the pivo'tai eonnertion between the. two tongs will permit ot' the ton 's being tightened as they heroine worn and't-he eon iieretol'ore and in the tongs now'in use the ronneetion for the two tongs is such that alter the tongs have been used for a certain iength of time they become Worn so that it is impossible to tighten timid, and they are always loose and practically useless for the reason that after they hewme worn they ereweukened by the eontinuai weer at the pivoted connection and the ii -2y niiowed betiveen the two tongs is such tit-1 i it is often dit'li'rrdt to get u firm and proper hoid on the iee.

The invention consists ofz' certain novei leatures of emistruction and e'embinations'of parts which wiii he hereinafter described and pointed out in the elz'iin'r.

in the accompanying drawings?Figure is it view in side elevation; Fig. 2 is a crosssectionoi view; and Fig, 3 is a view of the rivet.

The tongs, A, A are provided with the usual handies 2, i, and at the outer ends the uses: pro 3, are formed for engaging the ire when hrrndlee are brought toward each other fit thc'pivotal connection the tongs are iti-lii provided on one side with en largcniente o ojertions i 4, through whirh n rivet 5 e he, the head at the rivet being tapered as at 3, it being; larger at the end and tapering toward the renter of the rivet. The rivet is pieced into the openings through Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 18, 1969.

Application filed August 3, 1908. Serial No. 446,729.

the tongs and clenched at: the other end, the

ing the lower end 01' the rivet thereby bringmg the two tongstogether;

it \viii be seen from the foregoing that have provided a very simpie connection which will prevent the wearing of the tongs by the bend of the rivet, and if the tongs should become loose they can be readi y tightened my sinr 1y causing the loose piey to be taken up y climbing; the rivet tighter t0 the tongs i hmnmering the heart of the rivet.

it is evident that more or iess siight changes might be resorted to in the-form and arrangement oi the sevemi pnrts'deseribed without departing lrom the spirit and scope of my invention, and hence i. do not wish to be limited to the exact construction herein set forth, lint iieving fully desrribed my invention what i eieinr as new and desire to serure by Letters Patent isz-- As an nrtirle of manufacture, tongs'having projections thereon and holes extending through thetongs and projections, and, a rivet having a tapering head extending through the openings and eienrhed at its other end for seeming the tongs together.

in testimony 'whereot i allix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses. GEORGE P. YEAKLE, W itnesscs Nomns OBERHOLTZER, i i). Wanner. 

